The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-16
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
ESPECIAL TO THE AppRAL.l

NASHVILLE. TBNN., February Is
The incident protest entered by Sen
ator Thomson Yes erday against the
printing OF the Governors message
and the eneerlng illusions therein
have aroused the ira Of the majority
OF the Senate and tomorrow it
is pretty certain that Thompson
will be set down on in a manner that
will make him think that brick wall
has fallen on him. AT a conference Of
members of tie mcss influenced, and
Senators, tonight, Democrats and
Republicans alike, the matter was
characterized as blot on the
record OF Senate and great insult TO
the Governor and it was agreed that
tomorrow steps should be taken to
wipe out or offset the "protest."
TINS will come either in the
shape of q motion to expunge or an
other and more lively "protsst" will
he placed on the pages OF the Senate
journal.
The fol owing petition was present
ed in the Senate and House this morn
Jog: The undersigned citizens of the
State OF Tennessee, interested in the
gro with and development OF our be-
loved State and the preservation Of
Tree principles and the prevention Of
monopolies to the oppression of the
people, do most respe ctlulIy urge
upon your consideration and attention
the great necessity of law regulating
telephone corporations and their bus
mess in our State, wherein the rights
OF the general p bile shall
be protected and preserved as we'll as
the just right Of ali telephone COM
paDies,. They ask The enactment of a
law on the subject which shall be
wise, Just, judicious and protective
against all the expressions now being
practiced and liable to be attempted
in the future by such institutions.
The petitions is signed by 900 persons.
Col. + L. Goladsy, representative
from Wilson county, introduced two
important bills 10 the House this
morning; one of them limits the
charge Of telephone companies as fol-
lows: Three dollars per month for
business houses where only one tel
ephone is used, or So 80 each where
two are used; 81 per month for resi-
dences where mol used for business pur-
poses. The bill lorbids the collection
for more than one month in advance;
also forbids, the requirement by the
company OF q contract for more than
four months before finishing tele'
phones. This bill is, for the most
part, copy of the Iudiana statute on
the same subject, with additions to
the time contract and charges for tele'
phones in dwelling houses. Discrimi'
nations in the matter of furnishing
telephones ia certain cases are Tor
hidden by the acts OF 1885.
vent riots and mobs. 1t looks to the
prevention, in time of strikes, to the
tearing up of railroad tracks or the
destruction of property; also interior
enCe with the transport OF passengers
or freights, and imposes high penal.
ties for the same. This bill is taken
from the statute of Indiana, where
there has been little or no trouble oil
this sort.
The bill introduced by Judge Will
liams, of Franklin, to carry out sections
IL aud IL OF article 2 OF the constitu
tor, authorizing the Legislature t
compel by law the attendance OF alb
sent members, to determine rules fol
it's proceedings and to punish membeu
for disordelly behavior, has passed
two readings in the House and is nov
in the hands Of the Judiciary Commit
tee. This bill proposes law to au
thorizs the dispatch Of the Ser geant-at
Aims for members absenting them
serves for the purpose of breaking
quorum who, when they are brough
in, shall be noted as present on tht
journals. The bill dec ares member
thus absenling themselves in con
tempt. 1t further provides. that, wheI
roll is called, II members sit mute il
their seats, they m y be called before
the bar of the House and subjected +,
punishment. Such conduct Is made
misdemeanor, for which member
guilty OF the same are subjsc to prose
cution.
The bin has also been sent to thu
committee by Judge Williams zinc tn,
episode OF the Buchanan resolution
providing that II members In the hal
are mute when their names are caleI
they shall be noted by the clerk a
present, but not voting, and bushes
} NAV be proceeded vita.
Mr.. Littleton, as suNcommittee, I,
whom the bill and amendments wsr
committed, recommended their rejeI
} ton, but says the mmittee will rec
! ommend them for passage.